Over 91% of SIDBI’s Rs 4.96 lakh crore loan book is through banks and NBFCs, helping it post Rs 4,811 crore profit in FY25 with zero net NPAs. Despite growing profits and income, rising borrowing costs squeezed margins, but low risks kept returns stable.
The analysis of MSME business sentiment for the October-December 2024 period showed that export optimism has risen from 22% for October-December 2024 to 36% for the same period in 2025.
With the fresh allocation, the scheme's total outlay would reach a total of Rs 20,000 crore.
For this year, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said SIDBI will open 24 branches, which will cover168 clusters of the total 242 clusters, she added.
The government will look at growing 24 branches in this year, Sitharaman said.
The bonds will mature in 3-year-2-month-16-day, or on September 10, 2027.
SIDBI Chairman Sivasubramanian Ramann said the Fund of Funds scheme will end up getting twice the principal investment in future
The bank is looking to mobilise Rs 5,000 crore from rights issue in the next fiscal, SIDBI chairman and managing director S Ramann said on the sidelines of launch of a credit programme for Jan Aushadhi Kendras here.
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), which provides money to AIFs to invest in startups via government’s Fund of Funds scheme (FFS), is encouraging educational institutions and independent incubators, both private and public, to invest in seed-stage startups via equity, and partake a share in the same for better discipline
Introduced with a focused objective of supporting development and growth of innovation-driven enterprises, FFS facilitates funding needs for start-ups through participation in the capital of SEBI-registered Alternative Investment Funds.
The FFS, deployed via SIDBI, has mobilised Rs 17,534-crore investments by AIFs in 969 unique startups
On February 5, LIC Housing Finance, Kalpataru Projects International, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation raised funds through bonds
On Thursday, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) will float bonds aggregating worth Rs 6,499.96 crore.
On December 20, Bank of Baroda, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), and the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) will float bonds aggregating to Rs14,500 crore.
The Department of Financial Services (DFS) in separate notifications said, the central government has appointed Goverdhan Singh Rawat and Ajay Kumar Sood as DMDs of Nabard. These officers are serving as Chief General Managers at Nabard.
The bonds, which will be bid for on October 17, have 'AAA' ratings by CRISIL and CARE
Sidbi lends up to Rs 7.5 crore to eligible MSMEs without charging processing fees by taking 25 per cent margin money as security under our new credit scheme in partnership with Tata Power to promote energy efficient and green business operations to protect the environment, Gupta said at the event organised by World Trade Centre and All India Association of Industries.
The central government owns 20.8 per cent in Sidbi, while State Bank of India holds 15.65 per cent and Life Insurance Corporation 13.33 per cent.
To increase direct lending, SIDBI is focusing on EVs, solar projects and products in the renewable segment, Ramann said
The financing will be done under a new project called Evolve, which is electric vehicle operations and lending for a vibrant ecosystem, under which Sidbi will give access to affordable commercial financing for EVs, the national bank said in a statement on Monday.
The MoU will facilitate providing complete financial solutions to MSMEs in a seamless manner.
A detailed discussion with stakeholders revealed that access to adequate finance, including the competitive rate of interest, is a challenge faced by MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) and NBFCs, catering to the EV ecosystem, SIDBI said.
The pilot phase of 'Mission 50K-EV4ECO' aims at strengthening the EV ecosystem, including uptake for two, three and four-wheelers through direct and indirect lending, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) said in a statement.
In an interview with Moneycontrol, Ramann said that the scheme which allocates capital to alternative investment funds (AIFs) investing in startups, has about 14 unicorns in its portfolio and many more soonicorns.
Commenting on SIDBI's progress so far in providing venture-debt, Ramann said that even though it was a 'small beginning', SIDBI had done four investments.